DOI: https://doi.org/10.36347/sjams.2026.v14i02.024

Pages: 283-287

Background: Emotional well-being and suicidal ideation are major causes of death in adolescents. It has several physical and psychological implications and risk factors in life for both the male and female genders. The present study aimed to assess and identify the intensity of the emotional well-being and suicidal ideation among adolescent girls. Over 720,000 people die by suicide annually, with approximately 1 in 100 deaths worldwide attributed to suicide. Suicidal ideation is serious thoughts of ending one’s life and represents several mental health problems, like depression, loneliness, hopelessness, and inability to cope with stress. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from 17 October 2025 to 2 November 2025. A total of 120 study subjects was selected using the stratified random sampling technique. The study was conducted on adolescent girls staying in Shri BVVS welfare and the hostel management board in Bagalkot. There are a total of 120 adolescent girls staying in the hostel. A standard prepared tool was used to collect data from the adolescent girls. To assess the association between emotional well-being and suicidal ideation among adolescent girls. Result: The emotional well-being scale shows the mean value was 10.13, the minimum value was 10, the maximum value was 30, the mean percentage (% was 28.14%, and the standard deviation was 0.998883. It was arbitrarily classified into 3 levels: [<12 (Mild), 13-24 (Moderate), >25 (Severe)]. Binary logistic regression analysis revealed that there is a significant association between emotional well-being and suicidal ideation among adolescent girls. Logistic regression analysis was conducted to determine the association between emotional well-being and suicidal ideation among adolescent girls. There was significant association (P < 0.008691) found between emotional well-being and suicidal ideation among adolescent girls. Conclusion: The overall conclusion is that cultivating and supporting emotional well-b